AMX-011S Zaku III Custom

Model number: AMX-011S
Code name: Zaku III Custom
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Neo Zeon
Operator: Neo Zeon
First deployment: January UC 0089
Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 25.3 meters; head height 21.0 meters
Weight: empty 44.3 metric tons; max gross 71.4 metric tons; mass ratio 1.42
Armor materials: gundarium alloy composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2860 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 34200 kg, 3 x 28400 kg, 3 x 19300 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 2.96 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 9700 meters; 2 x external propellant tanks, ejectable, mounted on backpack
Fixed armaments: 2 x 30mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x waist beam gun/beam saber, power rated at 2.8 MW, hand-carried in beam saber mode, stored in recharge racks in front skirt armor plates and hand-operated in beam gun mode; hide bomb dispenser, mounted on left shoulder; option rack shield on right shoulder, can store additional weapons
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap

Although the AMX-011 Zaku III design loses out to the AMX-014 Dooben-Wolf as Neo Zeon's intended new frontline mass production mobile suit, several Zaku III prototypes are produced. These Zaku IIIs prove quite popular with many Neo Zeon officers and ace pilots fighting in the First Neo Zeon War. One Zaku III unit ends up in the hands of Haman Karn loyalist Mashymre Cello, who employs his customized Zaku III in one of the last battles of the war. Although Mashymre's Zaku III is referred to as the AMX-011S Zaku III Custom, it's indeed nothing more than the basic Zaku III loaded out with various optional equipment selected by Mashymre. His Zaku III Custom sports heavier and more stylized armor, a new head mounting a pair of vulcan guns, optional left shoulder armor with a hide bomb dispenser, a large backpack with powerful thrusters and ejectable external propellant tanks, and an enormous rear skirt armor plate. Shortly before the war's end, Mashymre sacrifices himself while fighting rebels loyal to Glemy Toto.

Pilot: Mashymre Cello
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.
Original mechanical designer: Mika Akitaka

Back
Beam rifle
Beam saber
Cockpit hatch
Head